You know what these Led lights have been banned in our country.Just because they are continuously causing accidents on the roads.And i also feel that it is really a kidding sometimes to put LED lights in cars its dangerous so it must be neglected by us and also by the government.

JHON-STIFFLER wrote:You know what these Led lights have been banned in our country.Just because they are continuously causing accidents on the roads.And i also feel that it is really a kidding sometimes to put LED lights in cars its dangerous so it must be neglected by us and also by the government.

thats wierd cuz cadalac put them in there tails so they could be seen that much faster in rain and fog and other low visibility conditions since LED bulbs get to full lumins faster then halogen bulbs do. what country do you live in? also what is the reason for the ban? it cant be somply cause it "causes accidents" there has to be a more spacific reason.

They look too baller.... especially when people do custom designs. I can't wait to finish mine lol, i'll be putting some homage to my user name and paintjob. But yea, I always thought led's > halogen, and the car company's seem to be under the same thought process

Marley, thanks for the post & the detailed photos. I'm not sure whether I should laugh or cry when I see our cars are put together with a hot glue gun. Wait, I'll have to ask Martha Stewart about that.<G>

FWIW if you put white LEDs behind colored plastic, you radically reduce the light output, compared to just using LEDs that are the same color as the plastic. So you want yellow LEDs behind the turn lenses, red behind the tail/brake lights, white only for the backup lights.

Jhon, what is your country where these are illegal?

In the US, any change from the factory tested and approved lamp assemblies is illegal, LED or otherwise. The main problem with aftermarket LEDs is that they rarely, if ever, have the same brightness and the same visibility from all angles, that the original DOT-approved assemblies had. That's why 1157 replacement bulbs for our cars don't meet legal spec. It can be done--but as best I can figure you'd have to spend about $100 per "bulb" to match what a tungsten bulb does.

Or, use a custom array like Marley shows. Which might or might not be legal, you'd have to do tests with the LEDs to find out for sure. Most state laws require certain visibility levels and they don't enforce the DOT standards as long as the state levels are met.

The prime LEDs like Cree, which are used by car companies, typically have 24 LEDs on each side, 48 LEDs total. And they'll cost you about $7 each, in quantity, on the retail market. Yes, that's $336 worth of LEDs and that's just the start of it. The ten cent LEDs from China on eBay just aren't the same.

Ok so a while back i seen all the diy led upgrades that were going around on the net. so, i decided to try it on my own car. quite an experience, there is a lot of work that goes into these, so i cant disagree with someone charging $500+ to make a set (i would probably charge the same). so by checking out the newer cars equipped with led tail lights, i figured out how i wanted to design mine. i believe it was an Audi that inspired my led design. if you plan on attempting something like this, do your homework, learn the led and resistor values, search, search, search... is the best advice i can give you. so on to the pictures..

here is my led boards all put together and installed. each large board holds 99 leds

running light, reverse light and signal on

brake light, reverse, and signal on

now installed on the car

running lights

brake lights

signals lights

reverse lights

later in the day shots

a few other things i did.

made these for my dads 33 ford

made some halos for my friends challanger

always looking to buy original ae86 master power window switches or parts, good or broken or not working.